Sat: Saw Bert rigging down so I my smallest sail, a 4.5 Retro. (I'm 220-#) By the time I hit the wind line, it was OP'd and too much a shock to feel comfortable. Tried to get comfortable with a few runs but no luck. Came in to sail another day... saw gusts were hitting 47 at SFO! Looks like I picked the very worst time to try and sail.

Sun: Started earlier on Bert's lead from Sat. Rigged 5.6 hucker and was light then fine then way powered... probably 4.8 hucker or 4.5 Retro out side at the end but fine with added outhaul. I got in over 20 miles on GPS in 1hr 15 min and was beat and a big smile. (arms & legs sore from Sat struggle) Best to start early, get used to the gusts and they don't seem so bad just like boiling missionaries you invite to dinner... not telling them the hot tub they are in is the stew pot and it is not too hot until too late.

& Monday I waited for wind to fill in and it never got solid. Went out on 6.6 and middle board (Real Wind)... Had fun but loads of slogging. It would have been great with big slalom/free race board with a more upright fin.... but it is on order and won't show until June.... Still fun and a great workout. _________________Best Regards
Kirk Out
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 12:59 pm Post subject: Great 1st day out this season

Awesome first day out at Crissy last night.
Got on the water at 5:15-sailed for 1hr-15min.
Had a great session-totally satisfied for 1st day out this season UNTIL I got home and realized I left my Nolimitz mast at Crissy!
Went back immediately but it was gone.
If someone found it please call me at 415-368-9535.

Rigged consensus 5.0: nuked in the gusts. Everyone left. I rigged down to 4.5 and stuck around in case someone showed up as safety backup. Someone showed up, so I went back out. Gusts were more controllable, but avg was insufficient to waterstart.

4.2/90L at Oyster 'bout noon to 2 pm. 3.7 would have worked at the Flying Tigers cove. Not able to plane thru the dead zone at Genentech coming back. It's a bit like making it back planing to the ramp at Treasure..happens, but very rarely. Yesterday at the Stick was a bust. The wind graph show good strong wind for most of the afternoon (I was on my 4.7), however it did not translate into what was really happening on the water. The wind was super holey with lots of zero wind dead zones, plus the wind was mostly from the west..which gives you shitty wind. I was dead tired from uphauling way too often when unable to waterstart. Alas, in this sport.. as in life, you take the good with the bad

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